Improvement in clothes-wringers



D. G. BEE'RS. Clothes-Wringer.

No. 196,777. Patented Nov. 6, 1877.

ATTORNEYS.

MH 538, FHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. DJ).

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL G. BEERS, OF SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH ES-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,777, dat d Nov m er6, 1877; application filed May 28, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL GLOVER BEERS, ofSandy Hook, county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Wringers, of which the followingis a specification:

Figure 1 is a side view of a clothes-wringer to which my improvement hasbeen applied. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailsection taken through the line 00 av, Fig. 1, to show the coupling.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object. of this invention is to furnish clothes-wringers which shallbe so constructed as to allow the rollers to spread while operating uponlarge or thick fabrics without throwing the gear-wheels out of perfectworking mesh.

The invention consists in the combination of the four gearwheels, thecoupling-bars, the rod, and the crank with each other, with the journalsof the two rollers, and with the frame of a wringer, as hereinafterfully described.

In the drawing, A represents the frame of the wringer. B and 0 representrubber rollers, constructed in the usual way. The journals of the lowerroller 0 revolve in stationary bearings in the side bars of the frame A.The journals of the upper roller, B, revolve in movable bearings D, thatslide up and down in vertical slots in the upper parts of the side barsof the frame A. E is a cross-bar, the ends of which enter the slots ofthe side bars of the frame A and rest upon the sliding bearin gs D. F isan elliptic spring interposed between the cross-bar E and the top bar ofthe frame A, to give the requisite pressure to the clothes, and which iskept in place by having its ends inserted in the slots of the side barsof said frame A. To the journal of the lower or stationary roller C isattached a gear-wheel, G, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of thegear-wheel H. The gear-wheel H is pivoted to the ends of two bars, I J.The other end of the bar I is pivoted to the journal of the roller C,and the other end of the bar J is pivoted to the bar K by the rod L, towhich the gear-wheelMis attached. The teeth of the gearwheel M mesh intothe teeth'of the gearwheel H, and also into the teeth of the, gear-wheelN, attached to the journal of the movable roller B. The rod Irpassesacross the wringer, and its farther end revolves in a bearing attachedto the side bar of the frame A. To the near end of the rod L is attachedthe crank O, by which the machine is operated. By this construction thebars I J K keep the gear-wheels G H M N, that mesh into each other,always at the same distance apart, and, consequently, fully in mesh,whatever be the distance apart of the rollers B C and of the gear-wheelsGN, attached to them. The bar K is extended beyond the rod L, and itsouter end is pivoted to the end of the bar or arm P, rigidly attached tothe standard of the frame A, one or the other of the said bars K B beingslotted to give the bar K the necessary play as the roller B moves upand down.

I am aware that it is not new to connect the gear-wheels of rolls bypinions on jointed bars to allow the rolls to rise without getting outof gear; butI- extend the bar K and provide stationary piece B, one ofwhich is also slotted, to hold said bars and the wheels M H in position.Without this improvement, the friction will only keep the gear-wheels inposition as long as the rolls are in contact; hence What I claim is In aclothes-wringer, the gear-wheels G N M H and bars I J, combined with thebar K, extended beyond its junction with the bar J and the stationarypiece B, said parts K P be ing connected by slot and pin, as shown anddescribed.

DANIEL GLOVER BEERS. Witnesses:

BELLE S. BEERS, MARY E. BEERs.

